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5 Amazing Exoplanets – The Countdown, Episode 33

  More to explore: Exoplanet colour confirmed for first time: it’s blue, but not pale — and nothing like Earth (Scientific American Blog Network) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/b… Diamond ‘Super-Earth’ May Not be Quite as Precious (University of Arizona) http://uanews.org/story/diamond-super… Strange Exoplanet’s ‘Backwards’ Orbit Explained by Extra Star, Planet (Space.com) http://www.space.com/19421-backward-a… Astronomers Find Most Ancient Planet Yet (Scientific [...]

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Exoplanet colour confirmed for first time: it's blue, but not pale — and nothing like Earth (Scientific American Blog Network)

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/b...

Diamond 'Super-Earth' May Not be Quite as Precious (University of Arizona)

http://uanews.org/story/diamond-super...

Strange Exoplanet's 'Backwards' Orbit Explained by Extra Star, Planet (Space.com)

http://www.space.com/19421-backward-a...

Astronomers Find Most Ancient Planet Yet (Scientific American)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/art...

Darkest Planet Found: Coal-Black, It Reflects Almost No Light (National Geographic)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

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